‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’s Lee Pace Locks Up Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Prisoner Of War’

EXCLUSIVE: While he’s currently on screens everywhere as the face of intergalactic evil in Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, Lee Pace has lined up sci-fi thriller Prisoner Of War as his next leading role. It’s a departure from his snarling Guardians villain Ronan the Accuser: Pace joins Skyfall‘s Bérénice Marlohe in the story of an American soldier and a French foreign aid worker who team up in Africa amid humankind’s last stand against a cataclysmic alien invasion.

Pace replaces Chronicle‘s Alex Russell in Prisoner, his first new project following a recent tear of huge blockbuster franchises. He next hits the big screen this December reprising the role of Elf King Thranduil in Peter Jackson’s series-concluding The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies after appearing in the two previous Hobbit flicks. Before that Pace popped up as a vampire in Summit’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. He also stars in AMC’s 1980s drama Halt and Catch Fire, which wrapped its freshman season Sunday, and has filmed a supporting role in Stephen Frears’ upcoming Lance Armstrong biopic for StudioCanal and Working Title.

Music video and TV vet Joe Miale is directing Prisoner Of War, which is produced by Automatik’s Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, 42’s Rory Aitken and Ben Pugh, and Tea Shop & Film Company’s James Harris. Zev Foreman and Nicolas Chartier also are producing for Voltage. Mark Lane is co-producing for Tea Shop & Film. Filming is set to start in September on location in South Africa. Pace is repped by CAA and Peikoff Mahan.

Wow, Lee’s been very busy. Between this, the Hobbit series, and Halt and Catch Fire, he seems to be everywhere.

Lili • on Aug 6, 2014 2:40 pm

Wow two uber beautiful people together in a movie!

Jeff Gould • on Aug 6, 2014 3:14 pm

GRANDVIEW!

Ajay • on Aug 6, 2014 3:53 pm

Lee Pace is my hero

Jessy • on Aug 7, 2014 1:40 am

It’s really amazing how hard working Lee is. Imagine, while he was working on The Hobbit he was also working on Halt and Catch Fire while working on Guardians of the Galaxy and now he’ll be working on Prisoners of War, amazing right? Hell be my new role model. All Hail Lee Pace Universe!

Alexa • on Aug 7, 2014 7:27 am

Lee is a fantastic, endlessly watchable actor. Great to see him build his career in such big projects – though I’d be happy if all he did over the next year is star in Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal.

Dezmond • on Aug 7, 2014 9:43 am

One of the most wonderful actors out there, deeply charismatic and so charming

Jill Powers • on Aug 7, 2014 2:49 pm

You really nailed your description of Lee Pace. I had never seen him before the promos for Halt. Just those short clips had me mesmerized. I can’t think of another actor that pulls you in like he does.

His accent should be the worst sort of cliched cockney…
“Ere, Aahm Rocket Raccoon and aahm gaana shoot you in the fakkin face with my fakkin space gun if we can’t just sit down and sort art all this fakkin Barney Rubble.”
That sort of thing.